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« Reply #25860 on: July 23, 2012, 09:52:01 PM »
I don't get the appeal of Tyler the Creator

Is he the centaur, bitch slapper or Halo Chubby Chaser?

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« Reply #25861 on: July 23, 2012, 09:54:44 PM »
I don't get the appeal of Tyler the Creator

Is he the centaur, bitch slapper or Halo Chubby Chaser?

centaur

I guess I don't like mainstream rap and rnb. Give me some Indie Music. Atleast it isn't making me go  ??? when I first hear it like todays rap and rnb.

Miss the 90s and early 00 music and television. Had so much promise now its  :yuck

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« Reply #25862 on: July 23, 2012, 09:56:34 PM »
TV these days owns. It is in its golden age 2.0 as far as I'm concerned.

Music is great these days as well, if you ignore mainstream pap, but even that's making a huge rebound.

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« Reply #25863 on: July 23, 2012, 10:00:40 PM »
TV these days owns. It is in its golden age 2.0 as far as I'm concerned.

Music is great these days as well, if you ignore mainstream pap, but even that's making a huge rebound.



eh no way.

BTW everyone and their mother knows that song. Its good, but I don't think it deserves to be ran into the ground.

also music isn't great these days. LOL

Look at RnB on the apple store. Nothing but Chris Brown shitty music, and rap? Nicki Minaj.


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« Reply #25864 on: July 23, 2012, 10:03:47 PM »
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=40185284&postcount=129

Oh yeah. Here we go.

That guy has issues. He posted once in dating age that a girl would be flawless if her 36C's were implants. Between him and the "PUA is gospel" folks, I swear lol.

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« Reply #25865 on: July 23, 2012, 10:18:19 PM »
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=40185284&postcount=129

Oh yeah. Here we go.

That guy has issues. He posted once in dating age that a girl would be flawless if her 36C's were implants. Between him and the "PUA is gospel" folks, I swear lol.

I've gotten the exact same dating advice from women (girls I was friends with of course) as I did from men:
1) Don't settle
2) It's all about confidence

I am still trying to build up #2...

I don't know if I'd want to be dating a girl who so easily falls to PUA/Mystery Method stuff.
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« Reply #25866 on: July 23, 2012, 10:21:23 PM »
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=40185284&postcount=129

Oh yeah. Here we go.

That guy has issues. He posted once in dating age that a girl would be flawless if her 36C's were implants. Between him and the "PUA is gospel" folks, I swear lol.

I've gotten the exact same dating advice from women (girls I was friends with of course) as I did from men:
1) Don't settle
2) It's all about confidence

I am still trying to build up #2...

Number 1 is key to me for a worth while lasting relationship. A lot of this PUA shit, when it's not borderline rape, is just throw yourself at every chick in hopes of getting laid. How does that help a guy who wants a serious relationship?

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I don't know if I'd want to be dating a girl who so easily falls to PUA/Mystery Method stuff.

Yeah don't settle for a dipshit either.

Cindi Mayweather

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« Reply #25867 on: July 23, 2012, 10:48:23 PM »
TV these days owns. It is in its golden age 2.0 as far as I'm concerned.

Music is great these days as well, if you ignore mainstream pap, but even that's making a huge rebound.



eh no way.

BTW everyone and their mother knows that song. Its good, but I don't think it deserves to be ran into the ground.

also music isn't great these days. LOL

Look at RnB on the apple store. Nothing but Chris Brown shitty music, and rap? Nicki Minaj.

TV now has the budget to do things it could never have achieved, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 years ago. The writing is stellar, most shows worth watching are shows with season spanning plots, interconnected themes, aren't episodic, and better written than the bulk of what you see in today's Hollywood. In fact, tv today, is what Hollywood used to be because some of the most famed actors and some writers have abandoned film for television. In what way is the post-Sorprano's tv era NOT a second golden age?

As for music, of course the top songs on itunes are going to be shit. That doesn't indicate in any way that music itself is shit. That's a really far reaching statement, considering the bulk of creative musicians are on indie labels or really obscure shit. Even then, mainstream acts like Metric are still putting out good music. You mentioned Chris Brown, but that doesn't stop Sade, Janelle Monae, and Frank Ocean from existing and carving their own niches in r&b.
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« Reply #25868 on: July 23, 2012, 11:07:10 PM »
There's plenty of dope hip hop music out there today...

(I like Tyler to a degree, but overall I'm not an Odd Future fan. Their videos are amazing though)

I don't listen to R&B but HRD on gaf has put me on some great modern stuff. I'll dig up the thread in a bit

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« Reply #25869 on: July 23, 2012, 11:20:24 PM »
TV these days owns. It is in its golden age 2.0 as far as I'm concerned.

Music is great these days as well, if you ignore mainstream pap, but even that's making a huge rebound.



eh no way.

BTW everyone and their mother knows that song. Its good, but I don't think it deserves to be ran into the ground.

I've never heard if before. My radio listening is limited to KEXP and NPR.
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Cindi Mayweather

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« Reply #25870 on: July 23, 2012, 11:24:04 PM »
I only listen to sports radio and classic rock radio because my car sucks and i can't use an mp3 player or cd player
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Phoenix Dark

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« Reply #25871 on: July 23, 2012, 11:39:45 PM »
TV these days owns. It is in its golden age 2.0 as far as I'm concerned.

Music is great these days as well, if you ignore mainstream pap, but even that's making a huge rebound.



eh no way.

BTW everyone and their mother knows that song. Its good, but I don't think it deserves to be ran into the ground.

I've never heard if before. My radio listening is limited to KEXP and NPR.

I hadn't heard that song until last month. Apparently it's been a huge hit all year. Shows how out of touch I am. I only listen to NPR, sports radio, and a rock station I grew up on
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« Reply #25872 on: July 24, 2012, 12:00:04 AM »
Like the song but his teeth scare me.

BlueTsunami

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« Reply #25873 on: July 24, 2012, 12:16:06 AM »
NPR club :bow

When I'm on the PC I've pretty much have had NPR in the background if not listening to music
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KoG

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« Reply #25874 on: July 24, 2012, 12:40:19 AM »
Yeah it kinda confuses me when I hear this stuff on the rock stations I listen to sometimes while driving.

I'm really out of touch with music.

Takao

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« Reply #25875 on: July 24, 2012, 01:41:42 AM »
:lol @ Kagari hate.

I always find people with kawaii Japanesy-like names to be pretty  :lol :lol worthy

Agreed. Double down if they have an anime av.

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Momo

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« Reply #25876 on: July 24, 2012, 02:09:22 AM »
Takao, you are the worst of the worst. Redeem yourself.

PigSpeakers

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« Reply #25877 on: July 24, 2012, 02:26:03 AM »
TV these days owns. It is in its golden age 2.0 as far as I'm concerned.

Music is great these days as well, if you ignore mainstream pap, but even that's making a huge rebound.



eh no way.

BTW everyone and their mother knows that song. Its good, but I don't think it deserves to be ran into the ground.

I've never heard if before. My radio listening is limited to KEXP and NPR.

I can't pick up KEXP anymore. At least, not on the radio. Only on streaming. Makes me sad.
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Kabouter

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« Reply #25878 on: July 24, 2012, 02:46:39 AM »
TV these days owns. It is in its golden age 2.0 as far as I'm concerned.
Damn right, you can tell by the actors who make their way from film to TV, some fine fine actors working in TV right now. Budget has come a long long way as well.

I hadn't heard that song until last month. Apparently it's been a huge hit all year. Shows how out of touch I am. I only listen to NPR, sports radio, and a rock station I grew up on
It was weird seeing people talk about that song again when it was a hit last summer. Music I'm not too excited about still, there's decent enough stuff in the mainstream charts every now and then, but most of it is pretty meh as far as I'm concerned. We've had this at #1 for like ten weeks now:

Momo

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« Reply #25879 on: July 24, 2012, 02:48:09 AM »
I disagree, TV sucks massive balls.

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« Reply #25880 on: July 24, 2012, 03:54:07 AM »
I disagree, TV sucks massive balls.

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When is the last time scifi has been relevant on TV? 2004?
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Kabouter

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« Reply #25881 on: July 24, 2012, 04:02:53 AM »
I disagree, TV sucks massive balls.

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When is the last time scifi has been relevant on TV? 2004?
What was the last Science Fiction TV show that was successful on network TV? The X-Files?

Tasty

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« Reply #25882 on: July 24, 2012, 04:10:43 AM »
I disagree, TV sucks massive balls.

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When is the last time scifi has been relevant on TV? 2004?
What was the last Science Fiction TV show that was successful on network TV? The X-Files?

Lost, by some accounts. I remember several exclamations of "sci-fi is back!" after Lost took off.

brob

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« Reply #25883 on: July 24, 2012, 04:39:21 AM »
I've randomly struck upon the pretender while channel surfing these last few days. It isn't very good.

Joe Molotov

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« Reply #25884 on: July 24, 2012, 07:16:02 AM »
Fringe, despite tanking ratings, has at least managed to survive for 5 seasons.
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Cindi Mayweather

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« Reply #25885 on: July 24, 2012, 09:12:43 AM »
I disagree, TV sucks massive balls.

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lol
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Cindi Mayweather

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« Reply #25886 on: July 24, 2012, 09:19:11 AM »
I disagree, TV sucks massive balls.

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When is the last time scifi has been relevant on TV? 2004?
What was the last Science Fiction TV show that was successful on network TV? The X-Files?

Well, network television isn't the only thing for tv these days...that's just the thing, and Battlestar Galactica 2004 was the last successful true bread and butter sci-fi show. But if you're talking the networks? Heroes was huge, and pretty good too, in its first season, and I think that counts.

I slightly agree with Momo, being that I too am a sci-fi nerd, but I can't hate on the new television era just because one genre I like hasn't really gotten a fair shake outside of a few shows.
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demi

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« Reply #25887 on: July 24, 2012, 09:33:51 AM »
LOST isn't really sci-fi.
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Barry Egan

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« Reply #25888 on: July 24, 2012, 09:35:26 AM »
the best thing about "PUA" is when the girl they are trying to fuck is familiar with whatever nonsense they are trying to pull. tears everywhere.

I honestly see no difference whatsoever between a guy using PUA material and a girl wearing a push-up bra.

 :lol you're smarter than this bro.

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« Reply #25889 on: July 24, 2012, 09:36:05 AM »
It is. People who are on cross timelines on the same island? Some people who've warped back all the to the 70's? And others that are in the 00's? And in order to get back to the 00's they blow something up? Even if it's not traditional sci-fi, it's got tons of sci-fi elements.
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« Reply #25890 on: July 24, 2012, 10:31:48 AM »
Weird, now I'm getting "File not found." errors when trying to access GAF pages. Usually it's Guru Meditation or 500 Server Errors.
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Cascade

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« Reply #25891 on: July 24, 2012, 10:34:46 AM »
Weird, now I'm getting "File not found." errors when trying to access GAF pages. Usually it's Guru Meditation or 500 Server Errors.
GAF is down for the next 4 hours to finally upgrade the servers. Guess Evilore's expensive Eurotrip forced his hand as he couldn't really pretend anymore to the userbase that he wouldn't be able to afford an upgrade.

Rman

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« Reply #25892 on: July 24, 2012, 10:37:33 AM »
PUA stuff is funny because some dudes treat like a religion, where its the absolutely truth about relationships and there is no nuance or variety on how people interact.

Momo

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« Reply #25893 on: July 24, 2012, 10:38:43 AM »
Well, network television isn't the only thing for tv these days...that's just the thing, and Battlestar Galactica 2004 was the last successful true bread and butter sci-fi show. But if you're talking the networks? Heroes was huge, and pretty good too, in its first season, and I think that counts.

I slightly agree with Momo, being that I too am a sci-fi nerd, but I can't hate on the new television era just because one genre I like hasn't really gotten a fair shake outside of a few shows.
I'm hyperboling, from my posts in the TV thread there is a lot of stuff I like, but yeah I am bitter at the death of sci fi. I mean I'm reduced to watching falling skies :(

Momo

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« Reply #25894 on: July 24, 2012, 10:41:29 AM »
It is. People who are on cross timelines on the same island? Some people who've warped back all the to the 70's? And others that are in the 00's? And in order to get back to the 00's they blow something up? Even if it's not traditional sci-fi, it's got tons of sci-fi elements.
Eh I don't agree. None of that stuff happened in a sci-fi realm, it was all in the world of mysticism/religion 

Rman

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« Reply #25895 on: July 24, 2012, 11:00:13 AM »
Its under maintenance.

thisismyusername

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« Reply #25896 on: July 24, 2012, 11:03:00 AM »
I wouldn't say TV 's in a "golden 2.0 age," but it isn't as bad as some people make it out to be.

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Granted, I only watch USA shows and maybe some FX/AMC shows now and then... so TV really isn't appealing to me anymore...
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Brehvolution

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« Reply #25897 on: July 24, 2012, 11:18:40 AM »
gaf is down with "File not found." error LOL
EL said he was going to be implementing some new hardware a few pages back.
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Barry Egan

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« Reply #25898 on: July 24, 2012, 11:24:20 AM »
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Some guys just aren't naturally good with women. We all know that one decent-looking guy who doesn't get laid or can't get a girlfriend. Fuck it, look at our very own Beps.

Just want to point out on Bebpos behalf that he just got out of a relationship a few weeks ago and fools around fairly regularly according to his posts.

Bebpo

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« Reply #25899 on: July 24, 2012, 11:27:43 AM »
The PUA stuff is creepy as hell, no other way about it.  I have a friend of a friend who is into that stuff and after he came by a girl's work one day in his workout shorts spouting some PUA stuff, later that night the girl tells us "your friend is really creepy"  :lol. He so deserved that.


Bebpo

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« Reply #25900 on: July 24, 2012, 11:33:03 AM »
Errr, it's not "that" often.  I'm not some kind of player.  I tend to date for a few months, get in a relationship, get out of said relationship, enjoy single-ness for a few months, start dating again, repeat.

I broke up with my last gf in April.  And I'm ok with that.

Bebpo

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« Reply #25901 on: July 24, 2012, 11:37:52 AM »
Also I'm not sure why my love life keeps getting brought up in random threads by Green Shinobi lately. 

I feel like he wants to  :tauntaun

with me or something.

StealthFan

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« Reply #25902 on: July 24, 2012, 11:56:45 AM »
So did Blame Space ever respond to my post about his obese, forever-alone heritage?
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« Reply #25903 on: July 24, 2012, 11:59:16 AM »
I hate this weird muscle memory that happens when I uncontrollably hit my GAF bookmark...

Hey, Titty Topic still exists here!

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« Reply #25904 on: July 24, 2012, 12:00:41 PM »
I have one thing to say to Green Shinoby, if he ever reads this:

I hope you fall ass-first on a chainsaw, you dog-sodomizing piece of shit.
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« Reply #25905 on: July 24, 2012, 12:03:16 PM »
gaf is down with "File not found." error LOL
EL said he was going to be implementing some new hardware a few pages back.
No. It would be distinguished mentally-challenged if they did maintenance without setting VBulletin to maintenance mode. I don't think even EviLore and his cronies can fuck up that badly.

There we go

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« Reply #25906 on: July 24, 2012, 12:05:02 PM »
So did Blame Space ever respond to my post about his obese, forever-alone heritage?
Did blame space pee in your cereal this morning, StealthFan? I don't understand why you're being such an angry aspie about him.

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« Reply #25907 on: July 24, 2012, 12:05:05 PM »
People are weird. Some dudes, not kids, but grown-ass men, play Pokemon. Some even watch My Little Pony.

Weirdos aside, there are useful lessons to be learned from some of the PUA guys, and no, they can't be reduced to "Be yourself and treat people like human beings, and you'll be fine with the ladies." Lots of people spout that on GAF, and I'll bet most of them either 1) have been with a long-term partner for awhile and can't remember what it was like to date around, or 2) have been romantically frustrated more times than they would admit on that forum. Or 3) they're those guys who are just naturally good with women and have never had to think about what to do during any given interaction.

Some guys just aren't naturally good with women. We all know that one decent-looking guy who doesn't get laid or can't get a girlfriend. Fuck it, look at our very own Beps. The good thing is that it's a skill that can be learned to some extent. That's all that the useful PUA material out there is about. Some of the shit that people have written on the subject is weird and creepy, but there's nothing creepy about using every possible advantage you can to make your life better.

I think my critique would be -- if we break this down into sales terms because hitting on people is kind of the same as selling any product in that in this case the product is yourself -- that a fair amount of the rhetoric I come across about technique borders into obnoxious and disingenuous. Meaning, I think that there's a difference between a good salesman who is confident in his product and can connect with the right consumers to successfully make the sale, and people who are essentially just great snake oil salesmen.

Really, the key that this stuff unlocks is that it provides a means to faking confidence insofar as I can tell, at least in the beginning. It's a placebo effect. And really -- if you're a down-on-your-luck person who just doesn't have the gumption being yourself to succeed -- I concede that there's benefit at play. The problem I see is when you start to get good at it.

At that stage, it just reminds me of my retail days where the goal was to treat each and every consumer like a gullible mark. If you couldn't sell -- it wasn't that the product was lacking or that it just legitimately wasn't for them -- it was that you need to work on your technique. "Here's some objections you'll hear, and here's tried-and-true ways to overcome them" was bullshit I'd hear all the time. And some of the PUA stuff borders uncomfortably on that.

Struggling to seal the deal? I'm going to channel my best Alec Baldwin and shout at you to always be closing! I nailed 200 broads last year, what have you done?

Momo

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« Reply #25908 on: July 24, 2012, 12:07:51 PM »
Actually wait. Thats not a VB maintenance notice.

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patient while the site is down.</center>
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What in the actual fuck :lol

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« Reply #25909 on: July 24, 2012, 12:31:23 PM »
I think they just pulled out the files from the server outright instead of making a copy (should have done an rsync or something).

EL needs a better sysadmin.
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Momo

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« Reply #25910 on: July 24, 2012, 01:28:00 PM »
I see they finally put neogaf into a proper maintenance mode. What noobs.

Barry Egan

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« Reply #25911 on: July 24, 2012, 01:28:10 PM »


I think my critique would be -- if we break this down into sales terms because hitting on people is kind of the same as selling any product in that in this case the product is yourself -- that a fair amount of the rhetoric I come across about technique borders into obnoxious and disingenuous. Meaning, I think that there's a difference between a good salesman who is confident in his product and can connect with the right consumers to successfully make the sale, and people who are essentially just great snake oil salesmen.

Really, the key that this stuff unlocks is that it provides a means to faking confidence insofar as I can tell, at least in the beginning. It's a placebo effect. And really -- if you're a down-on-your-luck person who just doesn't have the gumption being yourself to succeed -- I concede that there's benefit at play. The problem I see is when you start to get good at it.

At that stage, it just reminds me of my retail days where the goal was to treat each and every consumer like a gullible mark. If you couldn't sell -- it wasn't that the product was lacking or that it just legitimately wasn't for them -- it was that you need to work on your technique. "Here's some objections you'll hear, and here's tried-and-true ways to overcome them" was bullshit I'd hear all the time. And some of the PUA stuff borders uncomfortably on that.

Struggling to seal the deal? I'm going to channel my best Alec Baldwin and shout at you to always be closing! I nailed 200 broads last year, what have you done?

The retail market is a great analogy for this sort of thing.  The impression you get from people who dabble in these techniques is that there is some internal quota for how often casual intercourse is supposed to be happening.  A chalkboard with Green Shinobis name on it shows that he's underperforming by 7 lays so he's really going to have to get things in gear.  With that sort of pressure, a lot of stuff that you aren't really doing in good conscious becomes acceptable. 

Also your co-workers who are doing just fine can't help but notice the desperation and feel sorry for you.
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« Reply #25912 on: July 24, 2012, 01:40:56 PM »
So did Blame Space ever respond to my post about his obese, forever-alone heritage?
Did blame space pee in your cereal this morning, StealthFan? I don't understand why you're being such an angry aspie about him.

Maybe he pissed on a picture of his avatar?
ok.

Tasty

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Re: The Official ***** ***** ***** ***** about 503 Service Unavailable
« Reply #25913 on: July 24, 2012, 01:47:24 PM »
People are weird. Some dudes, not kids, but grown-ass men, play Pokemon.


Momo

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Re: The Official ***** ***** ***** ***** about 503 Service Unavailable
« Reply #25914 on: July 24, 2012, 01:51:22 PM »
Dont feel bad Andrex, I still play Sonic the Hedgehog. There is much more shame in that.

Re: The Official ***** ***** ***** ***** about 503 Service Unavailable
« Reply #25915 on: July 24, 2012, 01:56:43 PM »
Dont feel bad Andrex, I still play Sonic the Hedgehog. There is much more shame in that.

You ever wondered how hot Momo the Hedgehog would be if it existed? Well, here you go:



There's nothing embarrassing at all about being a Sonic the Hedgehog fan.

Momo

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Re: The Official ***** ***** ***** ***** about 503 Service Unavailable
« Reply #25916 on: July 24, 2012, 02:01:35 PM »
I somehow feel this is a rock I can never slide from under

blame space

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Re: The Official ***** ***** ***** ***** about 503 Service Unavailable
« Reply #25917 on: July 24, 2012, 02:27:49 PM »
hey stealthfan what's it like to think about me all the time

KoG

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Re: The Official ***** ***** ***** ***** about 503 Service Unavailable
« Reply #25918 on: July 24, 2012, 02:29:19 PM »
Dont feel bad Andrex, I still play Sonic the Hedgehog. There is much more shame in that.

You ever wondered how hot Momo the Hedgehog would be if it existed? Well, here you go:

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There's nothing embarrassing at all about being a Sonic the Hedgehog fan.

hey hey I think I might like it here

blame space

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Re: The Official ***** ***** ***** ***** about 503 Service Unavailable
« Reply #25919 on: July 24, 2012, 02:31:31 PM »
oh, you will.
« Last Edit: July 24, 2012, 02:35:04 PM by blame space »